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- noun Plural form of
sealion .
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A Hawaiian heron called Hank demonstrates he can plan ahead; British homing pigeons show they can remember; Honduran dolphins display creativity; Californian sealions can be taught the difference between numbers and letters.
TV review: Super Smart Animals; Roger & Val Have Just Got In 2012
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Also, had no idea sealions lived so close to urban areas like that.
San Fran Wonderful Whirlwind Weekend! « Classroom Confessions 2009
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I remember having my first clam chowder on route no. 1, 16 years ago, we walked down to the restaurant accompanied by the sound of sealions and while tasting a bowl of this soup, looking out over the sea I saw a small sea otter!
Shrimp and Corn Chowder Lindy 2006
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If you are concerned that the fish ladder giving unfair advantage to the sealions over salmons, redesign the fish ladder or just demolish the dam.
Trapped Sea Lions Shot Dead in Oregon - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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-- Among pinnipeds, sealions belonging to Arctocephalus and Zalophus often hybridise, but they are well apart in phylogenies, and have traditionally even been grouped in separate subfamilies.
The deer-pig, the Raksasa, the only living anthracothere… welcome to the world of babirusas Darren Naish 2006
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Erm … simply rambling about author Anthony Burgess in relation to his own bestseller My Booky-Wook and expecting the assembled onlookers to clap like special-needs sealions at his stunning intellect.
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Furthermore, some underwater fliers (e.g., sealions) do not exhibit hyperphalangy.
Did ichthyosaurs fly? Probably not, no Darren Naish 2006
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An additional problem in management of the marine area is the recent unexplained die off of sealions around the Auckland Islands.
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Furthermore, some underwater fliers (e.g., sealions) do not exhibit hyperphalangy.
Archive 2006-09-01 Darren Naish 2006
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Environmental groups have denounced the Escalera Náutica proposal as threatening one of the world's most important marine wildlife areas, home to dozens of important species including whales, sealions, dolphins and turtles.
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